J: Favorites

Apr 2014 J

CE Thompson

what would I give to be made a bird
who would fly up,
and up
and up!
up beyond the city lights
and far across the countryside
into the sky and away,
away,
I’d dive between planets
and bathe in the stardust
left behind by calamities
and make something good

I would travel until I met a distant universe
where my fellow swallows and chickadees
would greet me, flapping and flying
twisting and diving to make
the background noise of space.

#freedom #space #sky #spring #flying #birds

Apr 2014 J

When graphs turns into giraffes

Apr 2014 J

Dona Mayoora

When graphs turns into giraffes

I see two people
so in love with each other
schmoozing numinous dialect,
only a purest of heart can fathom.

I see a kiss I hear it too,
I see eyes pinnacles
lips singing
and heart sinking in love.

Now, do not tell me
I’m seeing
a teaching of Venn diagram
on the display board,
and my explanation for
A intersection B is ludicrous!

Please do not tell me
I’m wrong.

It must be poetry
I'm seeing,
and I'm in love with it
more than anything else.

/*Orginal poem published in Mayalayam, translated by poet. */

Set A                             Set B
       _____________        ______________
     /                           \    /                             \
    /                             \  /                                \
   /                               \/                                  \
  /                                /\                                   \
|                              / A\                                  |
|                             |  n |                                  |
|                             |  B |                                 |
  \                             \  /                                  /
   \                             \/                                  /
    \                            /\                                /
     \ ____________/  \_______________/

#poetry #donamayoora #venn #diagram #malayalam

Apr 2014 J

Radiance

Apr 2014 J

amrutha

Radiance

I am not afraid of darkness
Why should I be?
The brightest of all lights
Is shining within me.

Apr 2014 J

Wish Upon Stars

Apr 2014 J

Meghan O'Neill

Wish Upon Stars

At one time
Every atom in your body
Belonged to a star
A beautiful burning
Ball of hydrogen in space
In the first grade
When they gave you
Those stickers that read
'You're a Star'
They weren't lying
So when I wish for a star
I'm really just wishing for you
And maybe
You'll be wishing
On that very same star
For me too.

Apr 2014 J

Untitled

Apr 2014 J

Cassie Stoddard

Untitled

Be my lover.
I will hold your hand and run through the rain.
I will kiss you under a midnight sky, overcast with stars.
I will hog the radio and scream-sing at the top of my lungs.
I will drink far too much coffee and read never enough poetry

Be my lover.
You will smile at me and call me beautiful.
You will pick me up for late night coffee and ice cream runs.
You will make love to me and show me what it is to fall.
You will have a past and a present and a future and it will be beautiful.

Let's be lovers.
We will kiss and cuddle and love.
We will fight and scream and curse.
We will live and ride this crazy life out until our infinity ends
We will be a miracle, a crazy, insane, happy, miracle.

Apr 2014 J

shower

Apr 2014 J

Katie

shower

It's hard to hear all your flaws flow
from the mouth of the one
you love the most.

Apr 2014 J

to2too

Apr 2014 J

betterdays

to2too

too much
too late
to sleep
too wide awake
too tight wound
to sleep
too bright tonight
too thirsty
to sleep
too good a book
too cool n wet
to sleep
too full of dinner
too crowded in bed
to sleep
two gulps
two pills
to sleep